Curtain-sign exhibitor



Feb. 89

`A. MARloLLE ET Al.

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l AUGUST MA1-MOLLE,

MOND MARiOLLE, or'nnw YORK, NLY.

f g CURTAIN-sion EXHIBITOR.

Appiication, fiieafoetqber a4, 192s. serial No., 670,533,

lOur invention relates to curtainI sign eX- Q liibitors ofthe type `wherein a plurality o f sign lrolls are Vcontained within the apparatus and automatically unrolled `one afterthe other for'display vat a viewing panel.

The improvements have particular reference to the type of mechanism andillumiy nating and'sign system disclosed iny Patent No. 851,297 of April 23,' 1907 issued'. to Au'- iO gust Mariolle, one of the joint inventorsV tinuously runningin *one direction, eliminating thereby all stop'or revers'efgears, cams, etcetera; a mechanism simultaneously exhibiting oppositely disposed displaycurfmon illuminating system between themfgthe use of a transparent mirror over the Viewing panel to further increase v,the illusionary efjfect` of the` displayedv curtains;` the provif sion of va single traveling trip forfactuating all the movements of the curtains, reels and the electriclamp switches as well, and'other features cooperating to render. the .appara- Figure2 is a vertical cross-sectioifi of lthey exhibitor on theliiie 2.-2ofFigure 1.

the line 3 3 of Figurev 1 to fshow the electrical switches and trips. l l

Figure 4 is an enlarged vview of one of tlieoheads of the roll-carrying reel. Y

Figure 5 shows a curtain roll and/:method of securing a curtain thereto. ,E f Figure 6 is a separateview of one curtain rods. Y.

Figures 7 and 8 are,.respectively, rear and edgeviews of oneof the traveling slats.

Y Figure 9 is a fragmentaryview showing one of the double V'hooks on the traveling slats for hooking the curtain rods.

Figure 10 is anend view of a roller sho ing a curtain partly wound thereon.

-tric switches and trips.

,ofy the end arms 32.

fbeing used.

V*of the Y or OAKLAND, oariroiiiia, Ann oasroii MARIOLLE Aivnim- A Figures 11 and 12 are details offtlierslat l i pawlV trip l Figures: 13 and lil are detailsloffthe,` elec- Figure 15 is' a detail perspectiveofrone Figure 16 is a" detail crosssection ofthe In Figuresl 1 'and -2 a box or frame is` `indicated at 1 and has the usualfront mold- ;ing"1 omitted inFigure 1 to show. thepin- -fterioig vthe said molding normally covering i theworkiiig elementsl of the machinevfrom 'view and reducing a central viewing panel s to about the size of the'unrolled curtain 2. `lllsually,between the-observer and thecurtain, andV removably positioned within the lopening ofthel moldingv constituting the viewing paiiel,lris'a transparent mirror; that may easily be looked through vwhenthe superior illumination is directed through it; to

. the observer', but reflectsthe'observer when n the superior illumination is uponghim. 1n Figure2 the mirror is indicated at 3.

The curtain rolls l have' spacedmotches 4i tis, a glass mirror silveredl so thinly that it tains, one at each sideof'the box with-a comendof curtain 2. `The rolls 4t are :carried in revolving reels 5 at each' 'endr offthefraine,

and inthe complete apparatus four reels are y lar sprockets on '.chain'- wheels 6- 'over which' f run endless chains Y, one on each fn'arno'w side of the box .oriframe,t wo-completeloops v,if-icrosstlie chains and securedto them,

are Vtwo slats 8one-across each viewing Figure 3 is a similar section taken along .v

handv the Lother downward .over the.4 other panel. l.

'To make both chaiiisinove in'V unison it suices to secure any two o f the oppositey sprocket wheels to vthe same one of shaftsY 9. hooks 8, which,i when the slats are moved from endy to end of the oppositev panels, a\l

. tcrnately hook and'release the successivecui-V tains fromv the reels by'engaging grooves 192, which are formed in a curtain rodj19 secured to the end ofthe curtain and, hav- The slats are provided with opposed Y ing shoulders 19 ldisposed so as to bearv on i the opposed faces of the heads to prevent- "for unbalancedv curtains, etc.

longitudinal .movement or skewing of the rods .and thereby preserve their alinement.

In Figures 2, 7, 8 and-16 are shown piv-V koted vpawls 10, which are adapted to strike,

pins11 on'tlieV reel in order to accomplish the alternate hooking of the respective hooks 8 into the grooves 192 and their release therefrom. Pivoted hooks 12y also engage the pins of thel reels to prevent backward `movement of the reels.

A'friction brake 18 on any corner sprocketstabilizes the traveling slats to compensate Y rlhe curtain rolls are Asimilar to the standard yspring shade rollers but preferably of metal tub-;

ing, and are inserted inthe reels with their pivots proJecting into the heads of same.

"Figure 4 shows the iisual flattened pivots 14 which maintain the springs of the rollersY tensionedlj' These pivots are disposed in notches on the inner side ofA tlieannular portions 5 of the reel heads, and are locked against displacement by .disks 5.- One of a central shaft 1 6 having bearings iiiboth sides 'of the frame,'. and around Vone' end" of the shaftisagroove 17 Yinto which a keeper 18, pivotallyv secured toV the frame adJacent the bearing, isl adapted to engage to maintain the reel in place, or permit its bodily removal :from itsbearings by longitudinal shifting and' tipping of the reel.vr A

spring cam 16 isremovably securedto thek shaft 16 and operates vto prevent lateral movement of the Vkeeper 18 and lateral displacement of the disk 5. l

To actuate the endless slat carrying chains rweemploy a third endless driving chain 20. .This drive chainy20 passes over small sprocket vwheels similar to thosek for' .the

. other chains, two of theni idling on the 'up per and lower shafts 9fshown on the left of Figure 2, and the otheisiheing variously: positioned as.` indicated at 21.

22which ,isr journaled in a frame 23. A pulley 2T is ,securedYV to the shaft 22tand a belt' 27 connects the pulley with a motor 26.

- The drive chain followsthe direction of the arrows and will'be observed to havetwo strands Ai and B, which parallel one of the traveler chains,.and it is manifest thereyfrom that any finger or lug projecting from a link of the drive chain will pass along the traveler chain frst in one direction and then in the opposite direction, with an interval of time between reversals depending 0n 'the .remaining length of loop through p The'endlessdrive chain is'driven from one of the small yfor tripping the switches.'v sprocket wheels'212 secured to a short shaft which the iingermust travel before returning. Such a finger is indicated on the drive chain at 22 and itis arranged to strike a device 28 on `one ofthe traveling slats in 'both directions 'ofv travel to carry the slat (and thereby both traveler chains and the otherslat) first one way, then the other Vway the length of theV viewing panel.

f On thev Ydownwardtravel the linger leaves the device in rounding the sprocket 21biit lon the upper stroke,`the sprocket being beyond the desired travel, the device, trips off f the pin or linger at the" desired point.

No great importance attaches to the exact construction of thistripas inany can be suggested, .but Figure .8 indicates theV ar rangement in relation to the chain strands.

InV Figure 8,vwhentlie finger lis onthe upwai'd moving strand'fk it engagesunder a pawl 2li on the device 28which rides along Va vertical track25 Aand when at the highest-point desired the `pawln trips' through an opening 25 in the track to pass the fingers.

vFigures -11 and 12 indicate the operation described withoutundue elaboration.

BesidesVY carrying the curtain' slats back and forth to unroll the successive displays,

etcetera, the actuating finger 22 has another y function, that oftripping the electric light 'switches'to light up intermittently in'any Vprearranged manner, inside or outside lamps,

singly or in any desired groupings. n

rlhe inner and outer lamps are indicated inthe drawings at *28" Vand 'are connected y through anyv desired circuits (iiot shown) with certain or groups of tripping switches .29. rlhese switches'are all operated frein within theapparatus by the finger 22 in passing along its Journey in the manner indicated in Figure 8, in which 30 is aver-.

tical rock shaft'whicli has adjustableV arms f 31 Vfor trippingallV or groups of switches.

The shaft is rocked-,by thechain finger in passing byV striking other arinsw82, and the switches areV also variously thrown in ci' out by the linger inpassing along ley-striking the switch arms 'lhe shaft may be dividedin thecenter, as shown in Figure 3,

in order 'to further split the circuits,'ac,

cording to the arrangement ofthe arms 81 Figures 13' and 11i show in detail certain parts oftheswitches and trips. The airangements shown in Figures 3, 18 and'let,

may'he employed for illuminating the glass Vpanels 8V and directing light into the area betweenthe observer and the panels, so that fthe latterinay function as mirrors, which will be hadV when .the exterior-lydisposed reflectors 28 supported upon the topvof the cabinet in Figure 2, are lighted. A suhlseouent and different effect ma be had when ics iio

vIn Figure 3 at the centralliportion of the cabinet, as shown in Figure 2, are lighted. Lamps of different colored glass may be employed-for the said corner and groups sets; and these mayl be successively lighted or one or more `tion `faredisposed` parallel.VA The upper arm is disposed. sol as'to', extend in a di-k rection opposite to"the arms 3l' which are located on the sli'aft'section 30. v*The arms 32 extend intothe path ofniovement of the pin 22 on chain` 20jand`each of the arms 35 u abuts oneend.. of a'slide bar 36 arranged in b'earings37'. "38438 area pair of overloalanced. angular-shaped levers respectively Vdisposed adjacent to the' end portions of the casing l.' The Vweighted -side portions of these levers are maintained in the vertical h v'stops 39,'andthe opposite side portions project into` the path of movement of the pin 22 ofthe chain20.

weighted side portions of levers 33. With this construction lit to be' noted that when y `pin 22 abuts, fory instance, the upper arni'32,

' the upper shaft-.section 30v will turn until therpin 22.moves beyond the arm 32 and at the same tiinejarmV 35 operates slide bar 36 to'move 'into contact with theweightedside portion ofl the upper lever381/Vhen pin 22 movesvinto contact with leverf38,`thel latteroper'ates slide har`36 and upper lshaft section 30 to moveto the positions shown in Figure 3. The purpose lof this constructionis 4toeifect the openingof the tripping switches 29. "It is to be noted that each of` these switches consists of aslide har. 40 disposed ii'i hearings 4land arranged with its ends in alineinent with one of the arms 3l and the weighted side portionv of an overhalanced angular shaped lever 42, a stop 43 being provided vfor holding the weighted side of thek lever in the vertical andthe opposite side in the pathof movement of the pin 22.

' As will be noted, each lever is connected to a plate 44 disposed so as yto move into and out of contact'with a terminal 45 in each "reciprocation ofthe slide lbar 40, Vthe Vslide bai' being of metal and forming 'part 'of the circuit control of the switch. The `arms 3l and.. levers A42, however,' are of non-electrical conducting material. l Y

y it is to be 'notedl that-thev slide bars 3.6 aresspaced ,at vone end' from the In Figure3,'V pin 22 isfshown as moving.

into'conta'ct with one ofthe levers 43.y l/Vlien pin movesloeyondthesaid lever; the latter Will-have movedl the remote end' of slide bar 40 into Contact with theV adjacent'arm 31and inthe-movement ofthe said rbar, contact; plate 44 is rocked on its pivot46 so thaty its free end is turned into contact with terminal 45. Oneof' the electric circ'uitsislthen closed and. the'v lamp or :lamps thereof illum-ina'ted As the'f pinf229continues its movement, 'the successivelyl disposed switches 29' in v connection with theI upper rock shaft 30 are-operated; in the Amanner `justv described. The switches .29 inA connection- 'withY thelo'wei" rock' shaft-30 are successively operated'by; 'the viinger22as will' vbe noted from .the direction* Vof movement indicated'by the arrows-forV when moving into engagement withaflever --in the lower end port-ion of the casing moves the saidfarm out ofthe position shown whereupon'lower` slide har V36 which 'is-c'on nected jto lever 4T and also bearing upon arm l p 35 'operates the latter to turn lshaft section so thatwh'eii the pin 22 moves tothe left l'an'dnloeyoiid lever 47, lowerarm^32 istheir in th'efpath of -pinv 22-"aii'd operated thereby to turn the lower shaft section 30 which' when l vturnedV "hyVv the arm 32 operates tor restore slide'bar 36v and v lever-47 to their foriginal positions. YVlhen pin 22yop'erat'es Ythe slide'hars 40` `r to inove. into contact with .the ariiis'v 351' Vof V the upper shaft section BOfandiin'ally moves into contact wit-li the upperv Varm '32,1 the ,saidv arnif32 theni op' eratesr totu'iuil upper Vshaft section 30 which by turningactuat'es` arms 3l torestore Vslide bars 40 to the positions l.shown in the upper portion of *Figure v3 and, at the'sanieti'iiiel to open thecircuitsto the lamps'by actuating lVhenipinj 22'inovesinto Contact with/depending lever 47.,.'the`lower 'section ofy rock shaft` 30 Voperates the lowerv series .off-slide bars'to open-the electricalcircuits* to 4the p lamps and whenthepiii 22-`inoves into'contact with zther `lowerarm 32,v thel rock* shaft Y y30 is returned to its initial position and with itrthelever 42. in" like mannen.thea'ct-uai .tionof the upperslideb'ar 36 on Ythe part of lever 38 operates to restore theupper` rocky shaft section to its original position after the same has been actuated to turn by the pin 22.

4lVh'ile the apparatus shown discloses opposite viewing panels, one panel only 'may be used, orv the curtain hooks lmay loe temL Vpor-arily removed from the rear panel traveling slat to render vthat panel inoperative when sodesired. Y n

The'operatioii of the device `is as follows:

VUien the' parts positioned as shownin Figure2 andthe chains and 20- move in the Vdirection of the arrows, the hooksl 8 on the slat at the upper right corner portion "ico ici."

plates A44 to;l move to the' positions sho-wn. 1

downward movement ot the slat8.

of LAthe cabinet engage the opposite end portions of the rod 19 aifter the beginning of Y This has the effect of unw'iiidingthe curtain to which the rod 19 is connected. yThe slat 8 continuesY its downward movement untily the curtain extends completely over the area directly behindl plate 3 at which time pawl on the lowerjside of slat 8 adjusts the lower right reel by striking one ofthe pins V11 thereof. yThis adjustment of the reel takes place after the lower hook, as shown in FigureS, passes belowqthe'rod next to be engaged. Now when slat 8 moves upwardly,

vlow'erliools 8 of FigureV 8 will engage theV adjacent irodjand thereby unwind a curtainV from*V the Alower reel until the said curtain is extended ,across the openingof the frame and the partsreturn'ed to theposition shown in Figure 2. During the upward movement of slat 8, the spring ofthe curtain engaged by theupper hooks 8" operatesto wind the curtainias the same is tedl by the upward movementfoil the slat, and the pawl 12Y on the right of Figure 2 prevents backward VVmovement of the reel. YWhen the upper cur- 'tain is completely wound, the upper hooks willl have moved upwardlyl and Vbeyond the curtain rod and the upper pawl V10y inV Fig;

ure 8 will thenhave engaged one of the pins- 11 and thereby turned the upper reel sovtliat inthe'. downward movement of the slat 8v the upper` hookswill engage the curtain'next to that `iirst engaged. The operation of the parts on the left of kFigure 2 being identical with those.A on the right, no further description of the `parts on the left is necessary. In that the slatsY 8 and the chains connected thereto are operated by the iinger 22 of lar frame having two spaced viewing panels;

chain wheels at the ends of the frame; two endless chains passing over. the wheels, one ateeach side oi the frame and'extending along the sides or the viewing panels; a plurality or' rolled display curtains supported within the frame;V two traveling slats, extending, respectively across Yeach viewing panel with the ends secured to the chains Yand adapted to travel the length Vof the panels therewith; and meansfor simultaneously actuating v the chains intermittently in reverse directions, the slat'sb'eing adapted to engage the tree ends of the curtains and arranged on the chains so that one will travel v Ain `one direction. across its panel while the other slatvtravels in the opposite direction across its respective panel, and thereby KVthe curtains are unrolled simultaneously. e

In a curtain sign exhibitor; a rectangular frame; chain wheels at the ends thereof;V endless chains passing thcrearound land ex-y tending along the sides of the frame; a rolled vcurtain supported in the` frame; a traveling slat for unrolling the curtain, the slat being secured Ato lthe chains; Vmeans for simultaneously actuating the chains,` said means Yembracing a shaft; 'two Voppositely disposed wheels securedon the shaitfan endless chain trained'aroun'd eachfwheel;

afthird endlessfchain having astreind adja-' cent to one of the two cha-ins; means for actuating the third cliain;land means for in'iparting motion from ,the'third chain to an adjacent chain. l .Q *A A c 3. ln acurtainfsign exhibitor, a rec'tangui lai' frame; chain wheels atthe ends thereof; endless chains'passing therearound and extending along ythe Y'sides Loi? the'rai'n-e'; .aVV

rolled curtain Vsupported in the frame; a"

traveling slat for unrolling thc'curtain; the

slat being secured to the chains; means for" simultaneously Vactua-ting the chains;v said means embracing a shaft; two oppositely disposed wheels securedV on the shaft; an

Aendless chain trainedl around each wheel; a

third. endless chain having reverse running strandsadgacent to one oi thetwochains;

Vmeans for actuating theV third chain; and

means on -the third chain for' iinparting movement in opposite directions toan adjacent chain. A p

4. ln a curtain sign exhibitor; a'rectangular rame; ch'ain wheels at the ends'thereof;

endless chains' passing tli'erearound and Vexj tending along the sides 'of' ythe Vfra-nie; aV rolled curtain supported in the frame; aA

traveling slat igor unrolling the. curtain, the slat being secured to the chains; means Vfor simultaneously actuating the -chainsfsaid Y means embracing a shaft; twoV opp'ositely disposed wheels secured 4on the shaft; an

endless chain trained around eachfwheel; a

third endless chain having aV strand running i adjacentto one-'of the two chains; incans for actuating the third chain; andv a iinger on the third chain; said finger being adapted to engage the slat andetoniove the sametof gether with the chains in either of `two directions.

In a curtain sign exhibitor, a rectangular frame; chain whe-els at the ends thereof; endless chains vpassing' yther-earound and eX tending' along theV sides offthe fraine;raV

rolled curtain'siipported in the traine; a'

travelingl slatV for unroliing thel curtain, the slat being secured to the chains; vmeansY for endless simultaneously actuating the chains inter` lnttently in reverse directions, said means embracing a shaft; two oppositely disposed wheels secured on the shaft; an endless chain trained around each Wheel; a third chain having' reverse traveling strands adjacent to one of the two chains; means for imparting a continuous motion to the third chain; and a finger on the third chain, said finger lbeing adapted toV engage the means on the slat inrboth directions o the third chains travel. f

6. In a curtain sign exhibitor', a frame, a reel of curtain rolls at each endthereof. a pair of traveling chains at the sides of the frame, Ya slat across the frame secured to l the chains, means for actuating the chains withv an intermittent reversing motion to move the slat back and forth across the frame, means on the slat for engaging and disenplaying themv across ythe frame, and means on the slat for engaging and turning the reels at the ends of the travel of the slat to bring a fresh curtain into relation with the engaging means. i

1 7. In a structure as recited in claim 6,

means for preventing .a reverse motion of A said reels. i I 8. In a structure as recited in claim 6, means for braking theslat-carrying elements.

AUGUST MARIOLLE. v GASTON MARILLE.

RAYMOND MARIOLLE. 

